Although Port Nolloth, purportedly as restricted by Thomas and Schwann (1904:178), is usually cited as the type locality of P. brantsii (e.g., Ellerman et al., 1953; Meester et al., 1986), a careful reading of Thomas and Schwann indicates that they had actually associated one of Smith’s cotypes with a series collected at Klipfontein, a place some 50 miles inland from Port Nolloth. The notion that the type locality was "restricted" to Port Nolloth apparently stems from an inadvertent indication in Roberts (1951). A future revisor of the species should clarify this matter. Meester et al. (1986) recognized deserti and rufifrons as subspecies in addition to the nominate form.